Police investigate Wednesday night shooting

8:13 AM,
Oct. 25, 2012

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Marion Star staff report

MARION - Police are looking for tips in a Wednesday night shooting in which officers question the circumstances leading up to the shooting.

A Marion Police Department press release states that a 21-year-old man treated at Marion General Hospital for a gunshot to a leg told police that he got shot while walking north in the area of the State Street overpass.

The victim, who talked to officers at about 10:30 p.m., told police that the last thing he remembered before being taken to the hospital was that a man was following him. ...